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Last week on Review Group Drama: The Review Group once again got overshadowed by other happenings on the board. Very disappointed, guys. Very disappointed.

Casanova: Gula #1selected by Zero

CASANOVA: GULA #1 (of 4) Written by MATT FRACTION Art & Cover by FÁBIO MOON CASANOVA is back. Or is he? Actually Casanova is gone. Gone from space, gone from time. The burning question WHEN IS CASANOVA QUINN hangs over the entire world as E.M.P.I.R.E. and W.A.S.T.E. alike race toward the horrible, inevitable, answer...The second staggering volume of CASANOVA starts here by the Eisner-laden team of Matt Fraction (THOR, UNCANNY X-MEN, THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN) and Fábio Moon (DAYTRIPPER, SUGARSHOCK) taking over art duties. Never before collected! Never before reprinted! Never before understood! In gorgeous full 4-D psychocolor! Worth a million in prizes! Change your shorts, change your life, change into a nine-year-old Hindu boy! Guaranteed!* *not actually guaranteed 40 PGS./Mature Content ...$3.99[size=85]Royal Nonesuch has next week's pick.

If you would like to join the group, it's easy. Just post a review and I'll add you to the member's list. As long as you stay active, eventually it will be your turn to make a pick.

With $4 comics becoming the norm, the economy being what it is and the growing popularity of mail order services the Review Group recognizes that it's becoming harder and harder to commit to participating each and every week. As long as you can post one review per calendar month you will stay in the member's list. It doesn't matter if you post your review the week of it's release or if you post it later. There is no such thing as a "late" review.

The only request I make is that if you don't plan on posting a review or if you're going to be posting late is that you drop a note in the thread so that I can keep track of who is active and who isn't. The Spreadsheet of Doom is thorough, but it can't read your mind.

Comics are to be scored on a scale from 1-10. 1 being suck, 10 being a damn good comic. Beyond that, there's no right or wrong.

If it's your week, you must announce your selection by 5pm EST the day Diamond releases it's shipping list. If you do not announce your pick at that time, I will add a poll to the thread that will remain open until 12pm EST so that the group can make the selection for that week. (If you're seriously MIA, I'll probably put the poll up sooner) To ensure that you know it's your week, I will PM you when Midtown's list goes live on Thursdays. Also you'd better keep in mind the Amber Atoms rule, if your pick isn't reviewed by 2 or more people you will be exiled from the Group for 1 year. Our definition of a single issue comic is limited to comics listed at $3.99 or lower, anything above that is off limits. Also, to prevent utter filth being chosen deliberately, the Weird Worlds Rule has also gone into affect. Any book scoring a new all-time low (2.68 as of today) will not count as a miss if people wisely choose not to purchase it. Any poor soul who did review the book will earn a free pass on a book of their choice.

I'll be contacting members this week about their desire to stay involved with the group.

List will be updated with colors and any new members I missed at approximately 10:30 PM EST, Wednesday

BLUE indicates explanation given for not posting a review.RED indicate that no review or explanation has been posted in two weeks.REDand BOLDwill be deleted at the end of the week unless a review or explanation is posted.

Each Tuesday I will putting together all of our reviews and we will have our very own article on the front page of The Outhouse! If you would like for your review to be included, please try to have it posted by the end of day on Monday.

Bluestreak, if scientists were to clone your friend at the Ogre and put one of her in every comic shop in America, monthly comics sales would immediately skyrocket to numbers not seen in over a decade.

Victorious Squid wrote:Bluestreak, if scientists were to clone your friend at the Ogre and put one of her in every comic shop in America, monthly comics sales would immediately skyrocket to numbers not seen in over a decade.

Man, I'm on the fence this week so far...it's the one thing by Fraction I haven't read and disliked and the one book everyone says is one of his best, so I am hesitant to pick it up at random in part 2 or whatever.

Seriously, Amy would not let you go to this shop. When is the last time you went to an LCS and a friendly and beautiful woman insisted on talking about comics with you? Or pout if you let one of the guys ring you up and don't stop and chat? A record store or book store sure, but a comics shop?